WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to deploy federal immigration agents to U.S. airports if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety.
“I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before,” Trump wrote in a social media post.
Transportation Security Administration personnel are set to miss a second full paycheck on March 27 amid a partial government shutdown now in its 36th day as lawmakers clash over spending for TSA’s parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security.
TSA officers have called in sick in recent weeks as paychecks have dried up. The shortage of security agents has led to travel disruptions at major airports.
(Reporting by Jason LangeEditing by Rod Nickel)
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